Technical Self-locking boot problem

[peaksoft]

I referee parks football matches on Saturdays and Sundays.

If there are no secure changing facilities, I've got into the habit, where possible, of parking my 08 Panda Dynamic close to the pitch, locking the car, using the remote to unlock only the boot, then hiding the key inside the boot.

The advantage is that no one can gain access to the main part of the car, and I don't have to run around with a large key in my shorts.

This morning, I went back to the car after the match and discovered to my horror that the boot had locked itself.

I had to borrow a mobile phone and wait for an hour while my wife made an expensive taxi journey to me with her key.

 

[udtrev]

Hi and welcome.

Doesn't your remote incorporate a key ? My 05 Panda has a folding key in the remote.

As regards the boot you need to get down your local Fiat dealer and make a warranty claim, and sooner rather than later


Trev

 

[Jai]

harsh, although i'm fairly certain when i do the same with the wifes panda, it locks itself immediately on closing the hatch (with the key still in my hand)

 

[Gingosporting]

The boot supposed to be locked if it has been opened with the boot release button. Not sure what you've done in the past, but it's worked properly today.

JON

 

[Jai]

ahhh, so if you use the key in the lock, it should stay unlocked? you can open and close as you please? like my uno does?

and if you use the plipper, it opens, but the lock should still work when you close?

 

[Gingosporting]

If you use the boot release button on the key the boot will be locked when you close it.

JON

 

[Visorfett]

If you use the boot release button on the key the boot will be locked when you close it.

JON

:yeahthat:

 

[peaksoft]

The boot supposed to be locked if it has been opened with the boot release button. Not sure what you've done in the past, but it's worked properly today.

JON

That's never happened before with me. The boot has always stayed unlocked when I have left the key hidden inside. My previous car was a Passat, which locked itself automatically if the car was unoccupied and the key wasn't inside the car.

If this is correct behaviour on the part of my Panda, it's a bit of a pain. I shall have to try wearing the key on a lanyard around my neck, I suppose.

 

[Jai]

how's this?

arm wallet!

from any good running shop....not that i ever go jogging?!

 

[peaksoft]

how's this?

arm wallet!

from any good running shop....not that i ever go jogging?!

That looks like a winner. Thanks.

 

[Herts Hillhopper]

If you press the boot release button on the remote, nothing gets unlocked. The boot opens but the lock is left 'locked', along with the rest of the car. This, as was mentioned in previous posts, is 'not good', as if you accidentally drop the key into the boot and then close it, you've locked yourself out. It seems (as I think others have already clarified) your car has not been working properly up until now.

Generally, it's best not to use that boot release button at all to avoid this problem. (On some cars with similar-looking keys, although I don't think any Fiats, the purpose of that button makes more sense, as pressing it physically opens the boot lid all the way up using a motor. Even then though, there's a risk of dropping the key inside and it getting locked in as you shut it)

 

[peaksoft]

(On some cars with similar-looking keys, although I don't think any Fiats, the purpose of that button makes more sense, as pressing it physically opens the boot lid all the way up using a motor.

Yes, that's what used to happen with the Passat. In fact, it was too easy to operate, as on several occasions, people would come to me and tell me that my boot was open, as the button was accidentally depressed while it was in my pocket.